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Baseball Playoffs/WS TV Ratings

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TheTiger

Seeing that the Yankees may have beaten the LA Angels last night, I wonder that if they make it to the World Series, than the TV ratings will be much lower. Probably because too many baseball fans are tired of seeing the Yankees getting into the World Series almost every year since their first championship in 1996 under the Joe Torre era. This made me lost interest in enjoying Major League Baseball entirely and concerns that they may be in this pattern almost every year. The Yanks have won too many games, swept some teams in regular seasons, hire big name players from other teams(ala A-Rod from the Boston Red Sox) just to make the team much stronger and boost TV ratings for regular season.

If the Yankees won the ALCS, expect disappointing World Series ratings until they trail the series 3-1 against a NL team. I do not want to see the Yankees in the World Series.

I would rather watch football instead.
 
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I don't think there is any correlation between the Yankees acquiring big name players and trying to boost TV ratings. Steinbrenner likes to win, that's why he gets these players like A-Rod (who, incidentally, came from the Texas Rangers, and not the Red Sox). TV ratings may go up as people tune in to see the team, but I don't think that is the Yankees' primary concern.


> The Yanks have won too many games, swept some teams in
> regular seasons, hire big name players from other teams(ala
> A-Rod from the Boston Red Sox) just to make the team much
> stronger and boost TV ratings for regular season.
>
 
> Seeing that the Yankees may have beaten the LA Angels last
> night, I wonder that if they make it to the World Series,
> than the TV ratings will be much lower. Probably because too
> many baseball fans are tired of seeing the Yankees getting
> into the World Series almost every year since their first
> championship in 1996 under the Joe Torre era. This made me
> lost interest in enjoying Major League Baseball entirely and
> concerns that they may be in this pattern almost every year.
> The Yanks have won too many games, swept some teams in
> regular seasons, hire big name players from other teams(ala
> A-Rod from the Boston Red Sox) just to make the team much
> stronger and boost TV ratings for regular season.

A-Rod played for Texas, not Boston, before joining the Yankees.

King George doesn't care about TV ratings. He cares about winning a World Series, something he hasn't done in this century.

Fox and ESPN care about TV ratings and ad revenue. I'll guess that there are a whole lot of Madison Avenue folks that are Yankee fans. They're the ones that Fox and ESPN want to reach.

> If the Yankees won the ALCS, expect disappointing World
> Series ratings until they trail the series 3-1 against a NL
> team. I do not want to see the Yankees in the World Series.

Neither do I. I want the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. :-D

> I would rather watch football instead.

So would I, unless the White Sox get in.
 
> I do not want to see the Yankees in the World Series.

A White Sox/Astros World Series would be FOX's ultimate nightmare and a ratings disaster, but sure would be a change from same ol' same ol'.
 
As a Cubs fan, the Series I suppose I want to see is Astros-Angels because those are the only team I'm rooting for right now (I'd say San Diego, but I think they're already finished). I also think it'd be hilarious to see two non-East Coast teams in the Series. Wonder how excited Joe Buck would be without his beloved Yankees?
I'm obviously not the only person who doesn't want to see the Yankees or Red Sox. I want to watch Fox have to pump up a non-NYY/BOS series because they've rested on those teams for far too long.

> Seeing that the Yankees may have beaten the LA Angels last
> night, I wonder that if they make it to the World Series,
> than the TV ratings will be much lower. Probably because too
> many baseball fans are tired of seeing the Yankees getting
> into the World Series almost every year since their first
> championship in 1996 under the Joe Torre era. This made me
> lost interest in enjoying Major League Baseball entirely and
> concerns that they may be in this pattern almost every year.
> The Yanks have won too many games, swept some teams in
> regular seasons, hire big name players from other teams(ala
> A-Rod from the Boston Red Sox) just to make the team much
> stronger and boost TV ratings for regular season.
>
> If the Yankees won the ALCS, expect disappointing World
> Series ratings until they trail the series 3-1 against a NL
> team. I do not want to see the Yankees in the World Series.
>
> I would rather watch football instead.
 
> All I can say is the Yankees are in DMA 1 and there are a
> lot of Yankee fans there.
>

And here in DMA #28 (Hartford/New Haven,CT) as well. GO YANKEES!!
 
> All I can say is the Yankees are in DMA 1 and there are a
> lot of Yankee fans there.

Also, the Yankees have something like 26 World Series championships over the years.

That too may be a reason why the entire Yankees/Anaheim series is being played at night (with four games, if it goes that far, being in prime-time and the other--tonight, October 5th--starting at 10:05 EDT, which will start in prime-time).

Additionally, the three highest-rated World Series in television history were between the Yankess and the number-two market Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1977 and 1978 in tnat order). I also believe that the four games of the 1963 Series between those two teams still rank among the six highest-rated World Series telecasts ever (I believe the final two games of the 1975 Boston/Cincinnati World Series are the two other games in the top six).
 
> > I do not want to see the Yankees in the World Series.
>
> A White Sox/Astros World Series would be FOX's ultimate
> nightmare and a ratings disaster, but sure would be a change
> from same ol' same ol'.
>

Any Series involving two top-10 markets will get decent ratings.
The Sox may not be the most popular team in Chicago, but there are plenty of people there who'll still tune in.
As for the Astros, Fox can always play up the Roger Clemens angle, and there'll be enough fans in New York and Boston tuning in(at least for whichever game(s) he'd start) to keep the network happy.
 
> Any Series involving two top-10 markets will get decent
> ratings.
> The Sox may not be the most popular team in Chicago, but
> there are plenty of people there who'll still tune in.
> As for the Astros, Fox can always play up the Roger Clemens
> angle, and there'll be enough fans in New York and Boston
> tuning in(at least for whichever game(s) he'd start) to keep
> the network happy.
>

And the White Sox do have a small national following, thanks to WGN.
 
> Additionally, the three highest-rated World Series in
> television history were between the Yankess and the
> number-two market Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1977 and 1978
> in tnat order). I also believe that the four games of the
> 1963 Series between those two teams still rank among the six
> highest-rated World Series telecasts ever (I believe the
> final two games of the 1975 Boston/Cincinnati World Series
> are the two other games in the top six).
>

What about the 1986 World Series between the Red Sox vs Mets? What type of numbers did NBC get back then?
 
> > Additionally, the three highest-rated World Series in
> > television history were between the Yankess and the
> > number-two market Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1977 and 1978
>
> > in tnat order). I also believe that the four games of the
> > 1963 Series between those two teams still rank among the
> six
> > highest-rated World Series telecasts ever (I believe the
> > final two games of the 1975 Boston/Cincinnati World Series
>
> > are the two other games in the top six).
> >
>
> What about the 1986 World Series between the Red Sox vs
> Mets? What type of numbers did NBC get back then?
>
The following page includes Nielsen ratings for every Series since 1968:

http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml
Joseph, what's your source for the 1963 ratings?
 
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